Car-loading apparatus.



No.758,493. v PATENTED APR.26,1904.

- 1:. R. ABBEY.

' GAR LOADING APPARATUS.

- v APPLICATION FILED DEG. 8.1903. N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD RANDALL ABBEY, OF DECORAH, IOWA.

c R-LoADiNe APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,493, dated April 26, 1904.

Application filed December 8, 1903- Serial No. 184,284. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, EDWARD RANDALL AB- BEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decorah, in the county of VVinneshiek and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in CarLoading Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a car-loading apparatus.

' The object of the invention is to provide a loading attachment for baggage or the like cars which may be operated by air or other pressure acting on pistons carrying at their lower ends supports which when the apparatus is in operation form tracks for a truck to load or unload the car.

The details of construction also form a prominent part of my invention. I propose arranging the supports on the piston-rods so that when the apparatus is not in use the. said supports are turned in toward the car-body and lie parallel with and out of the .way, j

while in operation these supports are turned outwardly from the car and form tracks for a truck carried within the car and forming a part of the floor thereof.

The operation and specific construction of the elements will be hereinafter set forth and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car, showing the application of my invention when not in use. Fig. 2 is acrosssection of'a car, illustrating my invention in operation. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the supports and its piston-rod. Fig. 4 is a detail cross-section on the line X X of Fig. 2.

The same numerals refer to like parts in all the figures.

1 represents a car, 2 the door thereof, and 3 the floor. The floor is cut away'adjacent the door, as at 4, to receive a truck 5, mounted on wheels 6. The truck may be a part of the car'floor or as a subfloor, according to the circumstances, and it will be suitably guided to roll toward and from the doors.

Inside the car and adjacent the sides of the door are mounted cylinders 6*, suitably connected with an air-supply and provided with any appropriate means for controlling the admission of air thereto. In each cylinder is a piston 7, bearing a piston-rod 8, which extends downwardly from the cylinder, as clearly shown in the drawings. 1 Pivotally mounted at the lower end of each piston-rod 8 is a support 9, provided on its upper edge with a track which is in horizontal alinement with the rollers of the truck 5. The supports are cut out. at their inner ends 11 to fit the lowerv edge of the can to position and hold them in proper place when in operation.

When the apparatus is not in use, the supports 9 are turned toward each other and lie under the floor and parallel with the car, as shown in Fig. 1, and the truck'is within the car and forms a part of the floor. To operate the invention. the supports are slightly'lowered Then they are turned outwardly, as in Fig. Q,

11 abut against the lower edge of the car, which brings the tracks in alinement with the ;wheels of the truck. Trunks or the like are now loaded on the truck, and the latter is I rolled out onto the tracks of the supports, as shown on the right side of Fig. 2. Thus'positioned the truck is entirely free from the car-floor and is in position to belowered. The air is exhausted from the cylinders, and the truck and the supports are lowered opposite a platform, whereupon the truck iseither rolled from the supports or the baggage is removed. After the unloading is finished the air is again introduced to the cylinders and the supports and truck are lifted to the car.

The invention is adaptable to one or both sides of a car, as conditions may require. Furthermore, I may arrange appropriate mechanism for turning the supportings into and out of operative position, but for the sake of clearness have omitted this feature from the drawings, and, if desired, the truck may extend entirely across the car.

My invention possesses decided advantages over the present state of the art, in which the arrangement of the partsis such that the carfloor does not have to be dropped to discharge the baggage, and the supports on which-the to bring them below the bottom edge of the car.-

and drawn up again, so that the cut-out ends trucks are mounted are easily and conveniently adapted to be positioned outside of the face of the car.

I desire it to be understood that the specific details of construction may be materially changed without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What is claimed as new is.

1. The combination with a car, cylinders having pistons and rods, supports at the lower ends of the rods, said supports being adapted to be turned to or from the car, and a truck adapted to be rolled from the car to the supports, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a car, supports adapted to be turned to or from the ear, mechanism for raising and lowering the supports to or from the floor of the car, and a truck adapted to berolled from the car to the supports.

3. The combination with a car, supports, cylinders, pistons and rods, the supports being pivotally connected to the rods that said supports may be turned outwardly from or lie parallel'with the car, a truck within the car andforming a part of the floor thereof, said truck adapted to be rolled onto the supports when the latter are positioned outwardly from the car, and means for raising and lowering the supports, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a car having a truck therein which forms a part of the car-floor,

of supports mounted to be turned to or from the car, each support being cutaway at or near one end to bear against an abutment when said supports are turned outwardly from the car to receive the truck, and mechanism for raising and lowering the supports, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a car having a truck therein, of supports pivoted to the car, said supports being positioned under the car when out of use and extended outwardly from the car and in alinement with the truck when the said truck is to be removed, and mechanism for operating the supports.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a car having a door, of vertically-reciprocating rods carried by the car, pivotally-mounted supports on the rods, said supports adapted to be turned under the car when out of use, and extended outwardly from and positioned opposite the door when loading or unloading the car, and mechanism for raising and lowering the rods and supports, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD RANDALL ABBEY.

Witnesses:

PAUL CRUM,

E. P. PERRINE. 

